Duke’s Historical Landscape
This course will cover the development of the plan for Duke’s West Campus in 1924-1925. As a project-based course, students contribute historical research, 3D models,… Read More »Duke’s Historical Landscape
This course will cover the development of the plan for Duke’s West Campus in 1924-1925. As a project-based course, students contribute historical research, 3D models,… Read More »Duke’s Historical Landscape
This seminar analyzes the history of the Bauhaus, from its roots in Weimar Germany to its impact on framing post World War II international Modernism.… Read More »The Bauhaus
This course will analyze the history of the genocide of the European Jews, and its connection to antisemitic art and cultural policy during the Nazi… Read More »Art and the Holocaust
This seminar explores the cultural and spatial history of the Ghetto. From its origins in Venice through the spread of ghettos in Nazi-occupied Europe to… Read More »A Cultural Analysis of Ghettos
The Digital Durham seminar is based on the idea that understanding the past is a civic virtue. The course fosters awareness of the complexity of… Read More »Digital Durham
Building Duke is a research seminar and laboratory on the architectural history of Duke Campus based on original archival materials (photos, blueprints, contracts, letters, and… Read More »Building Duke: An Architectural History of Duke Campus from 1924 to Today
History, theory, criticism, practice of creating digital places and spaces with maps, virtual worlds, and games. Links to “old,” analog media. Virtual environment and world-building… Read More »Digital Places and Spaces
This is a beginner/intermediate Geographic Information System (GIS) course designed to help students design maps and spatial diagrams of historical subjects. The class emphasizes perspectives,… Read More »Mapping History with GIS
Matt Ratto (2011) describes critical making as “a desire to theoretically and pragmatically connect two modes of engagement with the world that are often held… Read More »Historical & Cultural Visualization Proseminar 2 on Models: History, Theory & Digital Practice
Advanced Digital Art History. Information coming soon!